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IATF 16949 is an international technical specification for a quality management system for the automotive industry. It is based on ISO 9001 and aims to prevent defects, reduce variation and waste. IATF 16949 provides requirements for organizations within the automotive supply chain to continually improve processes, increase customer satisfaction, and identify and address risks. Certification requires an external audit and re-certification every three years.

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Iatf 16949

IATF 16949 is an international technical specification for a quality management system for the automotive industry. It is based on ISO 9001 and aims to prevent defects, reduce variation and waste. IATF 16949 provides requirements for organizations within the automotive supply chain to continually improve processes, increase customer satisfaction, and identify and address risks. Certification requires an external audit and re-certification every three years.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
IATF 16949:2016 is a technical specification aimed at the development of
a quality management system which provides for continual improvement,
emphasizing defect prevention and the reduction of variation and waste in the
automotive industry supply chain and assembly process. It is based on the ISO
9001 standard and the first edition was published in June 1999 as ISO/TS
16949:1999.[1] IATF 16949:2016 replaced ISO/TS 16949 in October 2016. [2][3]
The standard was prepared by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF)
and the "Technical Committee" of ISO. It harmonises the country-specific
regulations of quality management systems.[4]
About 30 percent of the more than 100 existing motorcar manufacturers follow
the requirements of the norm but especially the large Asian manufacturers have
differentiated and have their own requirements for the quality management
systems of their corporate group and their suppliers. [citation needed]
ISO/TS 16949 applies to the design/development, production and, when
relevant, installation and servicing of automotive-related products.
The requirements are intended to be applied throughout the supply chain. For
the first time vehicle assembly plants will be encouraged to seek ISO/TS 16949
[certification].

Historical background[edit]
Many suppliers (OEMs) were asked by the car manufacturers to build and
certify their quality management system according to the rules and regulations
of their own country organizations, such as:

 VDA (Germany)
 AIAG (North America)
 AVSQ (Italy)
 FIEV (France)
 SMMT (UK)
But due to this regulation a supplier needed to provide two different certificates
for Daimler and Chrysler (VDA 6.1 for Germany and QS 9000 America), even
though the supplier delivered only to a single company. These complexities
accelerated the need for harmonization.

Contents of the specification[edit]


The aim of the standard is to improve the system and process quality to
increase customer satisfaction, to identify problems and risks in the production
process and supply chain, to eliminate their causes and to examine and take
corrective and preventive measures for their effectiveness. [5] The focus is not on
the discovery, but on the avoidance of errors.
The eight main chapters of the standards are:

 Chapters 1-3: Introduction and Preface


 Chapter 4: Quality Management System (general requirements,
control of documents and records)

 4.1 General
 4.2 Documentation Requirements

 4.2.1 General
 4.2.2 Quality Manual
 4.2.3 Control of documents

 4.2.3.1 Engineering Specification

 4.2.4 Control of records

 4.2.4.1 Records retention

 Chapter 5: Responsibility of the management


 Chapter 6: Management of resources
 Chapter 7: Product realization
 Chapter 8: Measurement, Analysis and Improvement
The process-oriented approach to business processes that is addressed in
the ISO 9001:2008 is the base of the standard. It looks at the business
processes in a process environment in which there are interactions and
interfaces that need to be recognized, mapped and controlled by the quality
management system. Additionally the gateways to the exterior (to sub-
suppliers, customers and to remote locations) are defined. The Standard
distinguishes between customer-oriented processes, supporting processes
and management processes. This process-oriented approach is intended to
improve the overview of the whole process. This is not an isolated process,
but a combination of all interacting business processes which affect the
quality performance of a firm.
A key requirement of ISO/TS 16949:2009 is the fulfillment of customer-
specific requirements, set up by the automotive manufacturer in addition to
the quality management system of their suppliers. This may have decisively
contributed to the worldwide recognition of the TS by many manufacturers.

Certification[edit]
The ISO/TS 16949 can be applied throughout the supply chain in the
automotive industry. Certification takes place on the basis of the certification
rules issued by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF). The
certificate is valid for three years and must be confirmed annually (as a
minimum) by an IATF certified auditor (3rd Party Auditor) of an IATF
recognized certification body. Re-certification is required at the expiry of the
three-year period. Certification pursuant to ISO/TS 16949 is intended to
build up or enforce the confidence of a (potential) customer towards the
system and process quality of a (potential) supplier. Today, a supplier
without a valid certificate has little chance of supplying a Tier 1 supplier and
certainly no chance of supplying a car manufacturer with standard parts, if
indeed that OEM is a participating member of the IATF (most Japan OEM
are members of JAMA and not members of the IATF) .[6]
Certification bodies include:

 ENCONA (Germany)
 ENCONA (United States)
 ENCONA (Taiwan)
 ENCONA (South Africa) [1]
 TÜV Rheinland (Germany)
 BSI Group (UK)
 Bureau Veritas (France)
 DNV GL (Norway)
 DQS (Germany)
 EAGLE Certification Group (USA)
 IFCE (NORTHERN IRELAND)
 SAI Global (Australia)
 SGS S.A. (Switzerland)
 TÜV NORD (Germany)
 TÜV SÜD (Germany)
 United Registrar of Systems (UK)

References[edit]
1. ^ "ISO/TS 16949:1999".
2. ^ IATF 16949:2016, accessed 21 February 2021
3. ^ "IATF 16949:2016". Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG). 2016-10-03.
Retrieved  2016-11-11.
4. ^ Cassel, Michael (2007). ISO/TS 16949 QM in der Automobilindustrie
umsetzen. Germany: Carl Hanser Verlag. p.  1.
5. ^ Kartha, C.P. (2004). "A comparison of ISO 9000:2000 quality system
standards, QS9000, ISO/TS 16949 and Baldrige criteria". The TQM
Magazine.  16  (5): 336. doi:10.1108/09544780410551269.
6. ^ http://www.jama-english.jp/>Daimler (2002). "Global supplier magazine". 4th
quarter.  Daimler: 17.

External links[edit]
 ISO/TS 16949:2009 Quality management systems—Particular
requirements for the application of ISO 9001:2008 for automotive
production and relevant service part organizations

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